Crossing the border with Blue Jays beat reporter Jordan Bastian.

Halla-Day Drama

The official announcement for the four-team, nine-player deal that would send Roy Halladay to the Phillies and Cliff Lee to the Mariners was expected to come today. Right now, there appears to be some sort of hold up.

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The deal maker was Lee to Seattle for prospects. That freed up the items the Jays wanted for Doc. The loser here is Seattle. They gave up 3 good prospects for Lee, who will likely walk in a year to chase the big bucks.

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